The most effective attack campaign in Canadian history dismantled our political system with populist rhetoric, meaningless slogans, and unachievable and still undefined promises. They toppled one of the most organized regimes in our history with absolutely no platform beyond “we’re not that guy!”
When Biden initially dropped out we didn't know for sure it was Kamala and definitely didn't know for sure Trump would win. We were obviously wrong and false hope after Kamala ran one of the worst campaigns ever. In Canada's case it's obvious who is next
I feel like expecting anything else was just cope. I mean, choosing someone else would have been a good decision, but they’re kind of allergic to making those.
All were definitely coping, just excited for a change till we saw the change was the same old shit. Only point was that for a moment we had a hope for something new but it clearly didn't happen. Canada clearly already has the next in line and has for the last 2 years
I know, I'm referring to how there was hope in the US when Biden dropped out for things to get better. I don't think that is the case in Canada after Trudeau dropped out.
Probably summer. Parliament is going to be prorogued for a few months, and then a couple more months for the actual campaigning to happen (because in spite of what PP says, it's not campaign season yet and what he's been doing has been *literally illegal*)
haha, I feel like it would have been a real chore to hold on that long, but maybe the NDP wouldn't cave... I suspect they'd have allowed the non conf to go through over the spring budget though.
Definitely agree there. The NDP wants to become the alternative to the Conservatives so they will do whatever they need to to try and do that. Suspect the delay is the play by the Liberals at this point do a speech from the throne to try to frame the upcoming election let the vote fail and off we go
Parliament prologues until March, so 2 months for leadership race. Conservative bot farms were already pushing generated images of Chrystia Freeland in handcuffs back in November/December, so it's clear who they think the next PM will be.
Trudeau is carrying on a grand Canadian political tradition: Long-serving but now electorally doomed Prime Minister jumps ship months before the election.
It's the best move if you care about the party, as it gives the next leader the ability to campaign against you in the next election *silently glaring south of the border*
We were lucky to have him as leader during the pandemic but as with all politicians, no matter the intent, he has been in power long enough to piss everyone off on one thing or another. The opposition here has also been successful in pinning negative global and provincial trends erroneously on him.
The general population's ignorance of civics and lack of media scrutiny combined with some of his missteps along the way we're his downfall. I worry as polling shows a conservative party full of Christian nationalists poised to take a majority.
it boggles my mind that this is an issue with the unprecedented access to information we have these days. Most bogus claims can be debunked in about 5-15 mins with available government and 3rd party statistics/peer reviewed data with some talking points requiring a more significant time investment.
but generally you can establish a pattern of bullshittery from an individual fairly quickly and from that point on you should take whatever they say with a grain of salt and anything that gets you upset you should be devoting the extra time to make sure your bias isn't being weaponized imho
Previously we had a conservative party that was distinctly Canadian and despite my not agreeing with a lot of their fiscal platform they were more progressive socially. Now they are nearly a carbon copy of the American GOP complete with MAGA equivalents.
I’m seeing way too much revisionism of the Harper years, Harper got up to all sorts of divisive reactionary things but was more subtle and wonkish about it so people are forgetting now.
I am hoping that they don't follow their American counterparts and roll back reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ rights that were hard fought for but they've already had several party members introduce private members bills that would set the groundwork for that. :(
For me he would have gotten my vote 1 more time which may have forced conservatives to look inward at their grievance politics and decide they need to course correct so i could get back arguing fiscal policy and not have to worry about vulnerable populations being scapegoated in lieu of policy
100% agree. its almost never a legitimate gripe. That's what is most frustrating to me. People have such strong feelings and they base them on things they never bother to verify. We'll never be able to move forward if we can't have discussions based in reality.
Yeah. Like the one thing Trudeau did that my far-lefty ass was really admiring of was banning conversion therapy across the board including for trans people and I'm genuinely unsure if that's going to survive
Nothing... yet. Trudeau is expected to announce today he's stepping down as Liberal Party of Canada leader; he'll likely remain Prime Minister until a new party leader is selected who would then become PM until the next election. But it's a minority government, so "likely" is closer to 50% than 100.
Brits and Americans love big bold political drama. Like a punchy courtroom drama in the public stage. Their politicians reflect this. Canadians are different. We don’t like conflict. We would rather live with a dead end government for a long time then rock the boat till it’s too late.
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another reason to kill god.
Sigh. Please don't pick Carney, please don't pick Carney...
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(if you want a serious answer, hmu, I'm reasonably well educated on this)
Also not quite the same
They actually did the confidence vote
poor Joe didn’t last 6 months did he?
I keep asking ppl what the deal-breaker was.. i dont like that he bought the pipeline or bailed on electoral reform but neither were suprising
the only answers i get are the ones amplified by 'canadaproud' trolls which arent actually important or worse than smolPP's basic daily missteps
Damn that's the new trend !
And sorry, I think our president just launched a trend.
That's a thing with us Frenchies : always setting new trends😄